Third period collapse buries Bulldogs

Three third period goals, two from Michael Duco, carried the Rochester Americans to a 4-1 American Hockey League win over the Hamilton Bulldogs on Friday (Feb. 27).

After the 4,489 in attendance watched a scoreless opening period at Copps Coliseum, David Desharnais put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard at 5:59 of the middle frame. His wrist shot beat goalie Mike Brodeur after Desharnais faked a pass on a two-on-one break. The Amerks tied the game 11 minutes later when Karl Stewart scooped up a rebound to beat Marc Denis.

Rochester took a 2-1 lead while on the power play just 34 seconds into the third period. Duco struck again at 8:19 when his shot trickled across the goal line. Shawn Matthias completed the scoring just over a minute later.